Nani Gopal Das obtained MSc in Zoology with fisheries specialization from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1968, Masters in Aquaculture from the University of the Philippines in 1985, Diploma in Aquaculture (Senior Aquaculturist) from the South-East Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Philippines in the same year and PhD in Marine Science (Amphipoda: Crustacea) from the University of Kolkata, India in 1998. He had been engaged in teaching on marine fisheries resources and coastal aquaculture and actively involved in research on the above-mentioned subjects in the Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, University of Chittagong since 1976 and published more than 70 research papers and ten books/bulletins especially on hatchery operation and management, shrimp diseases, artificial feed formulation, larval rearing, hormone treatment of shrimp, mollusk and fish, environmental impact assessment and integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in national and international journals. He served as a national consultant for shrimp culture in a FAO/UNDP project for two and half months in 1994. He has been served as a course teacher of a training course on “Fry production, hatchery operation and management of “Penaeus monodon” project organized by ADB Hatchery, DFO, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. He has participated in a series of workshop at home and abroad. Moreover, He has been served as a reviewer of research articles on biological sciences in both National and International Journals. Recently he has been served as resource person on aquaculture to teach the M. Phil students and as their research adviser in the Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, Karachi University, Pakistan. Nani Gopal Das obtained MSc in Zoology with fisheries specialization from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in 1968, Masters in Aquaculture from the University of the Philippines in 1985, Diploma in Aquaculture (Senior Aquaculturist) from the South-East Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC), Philippines in the same year and PhD in Marine Science (Amphipoda: Crustacea) from the University of Kolkata, India in 1998. He had been engaged in teaching on marine fisheries resources and coastal aquaculture and actively involved in research on the above-mentioned subjects in the Institute of Marine Sciences and Fisheries, University of Chittagong since 1976 and published more than 70 research papers and ten books/bulletins especially on hatchery operation and management, shrimp diseases, artificial feed formulation, larval rearing, hormone treatment of shrimp, mollusk and fish, environmental impact assessment and integrated coastal zone management (ICZM) in national and international journals. He served as a national consultant for shrimp culture in a FAO/UNDP project for two and half months in 1994. He has been served as a course teacher of a training course on “Fry production, hatchery operation and management of “Penaeus monodon” project organized by ADB Hatchery, DFO, in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. He has participated in a series of workshop at home and abroad. Moreover, He has been served as a reviewer of research articles on biological sciences in both National and International Journals. Recently he has been served as resource person on aquaculture to teach the M. Phil students and as their research adviser in the Centre of Excellence in Marine Biology, Karachi University, Pakistan.

Marine Science, Ecology, Evolution